About the Artist

Marc is a self-taught artist who specializes in realistic figurative drawings. Using primarily graphite pencils, his art explores and celebrates diversity, with subjects representing various ages, races, ethnicities and religions. Marc was born and raised in Iowa, but has called Tampa, Florida home for more than 25 years.

With the support of the Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners.

Artist CV

Solo exhibitions 

2024 – Sea Men, Solo exhibition at E. Lesh Gallery, Provincetown, MA

2023 – Sueño con España / I Dream of Spain, Solo exhibition at Woodfield Fine Art Gallery, St Petersburg, FL 

2022 – Facial Recognition, Solo exhibition at House of Shadows Gallery, Tampa, FL

2021 – Sensual, Featured artist at Claudia Castillo Art Studio, Wilton Manors, FL

Select Group Exhibitions

2024 – Skyway 2024: Tampa Bay Metro Triennial, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL  

2024 – Gasparilla Festival of the Arts, Tampa, FL  

2023 – Legends, Epicurean Hotel, Tampa, FL  

2023 – Hot Box, SPACE Gallery, St Petersburg, FL  

2022- Kinky, Pulse Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand 

2021 – NUDE, MIZE Gallery, St Petersburg, FL

Competitions & Awards

2023 – First Place, Figurative; Art Fusion International Art Competition

2021 – Emerging Artists; Gasparilla Festival of the Arts

Media

WFLA’s Daytime, Featured Artist 2024

Tampa Bay Magazine, Featured Artist 2021